CHARLES MURPHY, MD, PC v. City of Detroit

Plaintiffs filed inverse condemnation actions, claiming that defendants’ conduct resulted in a de facto taking of their property without compensation. On defendants’ motion for summary disposition brought pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10), the trial court ruled that there was no taking and dismissed plaintiffs’ claims. Plaintiffs appeal as of right, and we affirm.

Plaintiffs own property and operate businesses on East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. Defendants used their power of eminent domain to purchase large areas of land nearby for two urban renewal projects, and leveled the residential…